Chocolate Caramel Sugar Cookies is one of my very favorite cookie recipes, EVER. A simple chocolate cookie dough is wrapped around a Rolo chocolate candy then rolled into sugar and baked until puffy. When you bite into the cookie, there's a chewy caramel center. It's wonderful! I'm not sure I have to write much more. I think this picture does this recipe justice. But I have to write so let me tell all about these beauties! I fell in love with this cookie years ago when I was reading … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving 2018
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We sure did! Our celebration started driving to Iowa on Wednesday to spend time with my side of the family. It's rare that we are all together so we were excited to spend time with everyone. We left after Vin's work and I was freaking out because we would be driving in the dark with two kiddos. I'm not worried about Raya anymore (my 3 year old), we can distract her with toys, snacks, movies, etc., but Nora (almost 1) just can't sit in … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Soup with Crumbled Sausage
I finally got around to making another slow cooker recipe. It's been a while but it was definitely necessary. I needed a day where my slow cooker did all the work! This Sweet Potato Soup with Crumbled Sausage is so delicious, I can't stand it. It's healthy, too! I'm in a salad club with two of my friends which means we make each other one salad a week. It's so nice because 2 days out of the week lunch is made for me! As many stay at home moms know, sitting and eating isn't always the … [Read more...]
Snowball Cookies (Russian Tea Cakes)
It's cookie time! One of my favorite times of the year when it's acceptable to make cookies ALL THE TIME. These darling snowball cookies (aka Russian tea cakes) are the easiest cookie you will ever make! Pecans are mixed into a simple buttery cookie dough then baked and rolled in powdered sugar. They're the perfect cookie for winter! You know who loves these cookies? My mom. She couldn't stop eating them. She's not a "sweets" person so these cookies were perfect for her! As … [Read more...]
Pecan Pie
{Scroll down for recipe} The most decadent Pecan Pie made with an all butter pie crust to add even more richness to this dreamy pie! You can't have Thanksgiving without PECAN PIE, right? I mean it's the most sought after pie besides pumpkin pie...although I'm sure some would argue that pecan pie is more popular. I guess that all depends on what you like! I have to say...I'll take a piece of both! I am such a lover of this pie though. It's rich, creamy, so decadent and … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
{Scroll down for recipe} This recipe or Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect Fall dessert. Baking it in a bundt pan makes it beautiful and easy to transfer and the cream cheese frosting is so creamy and delicious you can't just have one piece! This recipe has been in the works for a while. It either came out too dry or too dense and we can't have that! But not to worry! I got it right, finally. I simply mirrored it after my lemon bundt cake. DUH. Why try to … [Read more...]
Grandma’s Brownies
These brownies are special because they are my Grandma's Brownies. There are no other brownies out there quite like hers. These are the thickest, most delicious brownies you will ever eat with a fudge type frosting on top. I've been told these are the best brownies...ever. I've been wanting to share this recipe for a long time and I am not quite sure why I haven't. This is my grandma's brownie recipe, with no alternations, just hers. I think part of me wanted to keep it just to us because … [Read more...]
Oatmeal Caramel Bars
A chewy caramel bar made with an oatmeal crust and sprinkled with chocolate chips and m&ms. These are to die for! I am never turning back from these Oatmeal Caramel Bars. They are my new go-to treat to make when friends and family come over. My mom made them when I went back to Iowa to visit and I fell so in love I had to have the recipe. And...I had to share it with you!! The dessert bars have a little of everything in them. First, the batter is a simple oatmeal cookie … [Read more...]
Roasted Broccolini
I love me some roasted broccolini. I love any type of roasted vegetable actually, but this one is my favorite. Broccolini is tossed with olive oil, garlic, red pepper, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and roasted until crispy and tender. It's SO good! I roast vegetables every night. It's usually whatever is on sale at the store, but I often roast broccoli or broccolini because we love it and so do my kiddos. I prefer broccolini...I like the flavor and the stems are not nearly as woodsy … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Can it be Fall forever? I am so obsessed with all things Fall, especially these Pumpkin Muffins...I mean Pumpkin STREUSEL muffins. They are perfect and scream HELLO FALL. What is your favorite Fall indulgence? Is it cinnamon? apple? cider? sweat shirts? jeans? boots? pumpkin? I'm going to say ALL of it, but Pumpkin desserts are way up there on my favorites list. Although a muffin is not necessarily a dessert, it is definitely an indulgence...one I could indulge in every … [Read more...]
Kitchen Sink Cookies
Kitchen Sink Cookies are made with all of those ingredients you haven your cupboard but don't know what to do with. Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, oats, walnuts and coconut all get added to a delicious thick cookie dough batter then baked until puffy and chewy. Umm YES to these cookies. I have been craving cookies on a daily basis lately - maybe because Fall is in the air? I'm not really sure but I wanted a huge puffy cookie filled with just about everything which is where these … [Read more...]
Pound Cake
I've tested quite a few pounds cakes and I have to say this one is my favorite. This is a traditional pound cake recipe with a few twists to make it light yet moist. I started out using my husband's Grandma's recipe which had wonderful flavor but it was a bit dry for my liking. I need moisture in my dessert. I am not a fan of dry desserts - I don't think many are but there is definitely a balance because you don't want desserts to be overly dense, either. This is the perfect pound … [Read more...]